COVID-19
Hundreds of Apple Workers on Strike in Washington
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‘The strikes are women-led, multigenerational, and multiracial, according to Edgar Franks of Familias Unidas por la Justicia, a local farmworkers’ union.’
COVID-19
Minnesota Home Care Workers & Clients Criticize Inaction in Addressing Care Crisis
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Home care workers and clients across Minnesota criticized inaction by Minnesota lawmakers following news that the bill that would have provided an emergency wage and benefit increase for the workers who care for Minnesota seniors and people with disabilities was not passed in the final hours of the 2020 legislative session.
COVID-19
Frontline Workers share Stories and Importance of Passing Labor Contracts
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The Minnesota House has already passed HF 2768, “but the Minnesota Senate has not scheduled a final vote, which appears to set up state workers as bait for end-of-session drama.” According to an emailed statement.
COVID-19
Being an “Essential Worker” Won’t Save You From Deportation
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Legions of undocumented immigrants in the United States carry letters signed by their employers stating that President Donald Trump’s administration considers them essential workers amid the pandemic. While these letters exempt them from being arrested by local agents for violating stay-at-home orders, these workers could still be detained and deported by federal authorities.
Commentary
Walz’s Worker Protections in His Latest Executive Orders Fall Short
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An empowered workforce is a safe workforce, pure and simple. Governor Walz should give workers – not their bosses – the right to decide if they feel their workplace is safe. Nothing else will do more to keep Minnesotans alive in this crisis.
Community
Unions Respond to the Lifting of Minnesota’s Stay at Home Order
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In a statewide address Wednesday night, Gov. Tim Walz said the current stay-at-home order will expire at midnight Monday.
COVID-19
House Passes Labor Contracts; State Workers Urge the Senate to Follow Suit
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The Minnesota Senate still has not yet scheduled a vote on the contracts, despite there being only a week remaining in the legislative session.
COVID-19
Minnesotans Rally in Support of Pilgrim’s Pride Workers in Cold Spring, Minnesota
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Workers and their supporters held a “socially distanced car vigil demonstration.”
Unions
Striking Bus Drivers Steer the Way to a Better World
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The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), which represents 200,000 workers in the United States and Canada, told In These Times that nearly 1,000 of its members have been infected with coronavirus, and almost 40 have died.
COVID-19
What Happened When Health Officials Wanted to Close a Meatpacking Plant, but the Governor Said No
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New documents obtained by ProPublica show public health officials in Grand Island, Nebraska, wanted the JBS meatpacking plant closed. But Gov. Pete Ricketts said no. Since then, cases have skyrocketed.